What's /o/s opinion on the Toyota Supra?
I personally use an MK3 for a weekend drive.
>FF
how can Toyota even compete when they lost to a V6
>>15323482
the supra is a six cylinder.
and when was FF a reliable source on cars?
>>15323482
I'm not entirely sure as to what's going on here but it's funny
>>15323473
pigfat underpowered shitmobile that eats headgaskets and is absolutely fucking gorgeous
>>15323498
my MK3 only blew a head gasket when i was retaded and threw a 17.4 PSI turbo in it.
>>15323473
supras get alot of hate on /o/ because of their weight. i love em though, nice mk3
>>15323534
yeah, should hear the story of how i got one in my hands. 5 speed with 9 thousand miles in 2012 for a whopping 12k
>>15323543
dam son, theres a guy on cl selling one with a 2jz. id buy if i had the money/time to work on it
https://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/cto/5648841987.html
>>15323608
the manuals are really hard to find with the MK3s.
turns out, the transmissions couldn't pass SMOG tests for the longest time. by the time they passes SMOG, they were at the end of their model, and the MK4s successed them.
>>15323534
>weight
>1450kg from factory
?????
>>15323608
MFW I didn't know apex lived in my home state. >.>
>>15323513
Wow. Is that how the turbo was marketed? "This turbo will produce 17.4psi"?
>>15323710
/o/ still calls em pigfat
>>15323741
yeah, well; no- but yeah; it was 18, but it went to 17.4 on a dyno before the gaskets went
>>15323758
neat
>>15323758
Turbos arent sold on a psi rating genius.
>>15324285
Marketed ≠ Sold
Have anyone ever tried to put Camry's V6 into MK3?
Why don't they make driver focused interiors anymore?
>>15324317
So people don't watch videos on their 30 inch touchscreen center console and crash into a tree
>>15324312
Why do that when you can put in a 1/2jz?
>>15323640
Do you think smog is an acronym?
>>15324317
>all that plastic everywhere
>stupid spaceship design badly executed
holy shit probably the worst interior after TVR
>>15324346
Because it's hueg 3.5 liters 275 hp engine..
>>15324390
Also proven to be reliable when boosted. Who is going to adapt a gearbox to a transverse Camry engine for a rwd Supra?
>>15324405
I know that people at least swapped those engines in AW20s.
>>15324381
no i just like shouting smog.
still partial to MKI, my 1979 had everything original but battery, tires, and spark plugs until 2011. not bad for Toyotas first EFI car
>>15324389
>all that plastic everywhere
Toyotas hardly bad for that, if anything GM form 1998-2005 was. my 2000 Silverado has more interior plastic than MJ's dead body
>>15323473
MkIIIs are some of my favorite cars
People who have owned these, lay it to me straight: how much of a money pit are these beauties?
>>15325953
they realy aren't; they're actually really cheap to own.
in all my years of owning an MK3 i've changed exactly
1 batterey
two sets of head gaskets
alternator
rear shocks
set of tires
i've had it since 2010.
maybe i'm just lucky, but they're really well put together.
>>15325420
Can confirm. My 2000 GMC is plastic, my mom's old 2001 impala was all plastic.
Howd yall know I had a boner rn
>>15325968
That's reassuring. I had a friend of a friend who had one and it ended up costing him thousands to keep on the road to the point where he had to sell it. I should have asked him what mileage his was at.
I can't decide whether Mk3 has 80s or 90s aesthetics. I mean 2 is obviously 80s and 4 is obviously 90s, I guess it's somewhere in the middle.
>>15326081
it's 80s to me.
>>15326081
It's an 80's car with the 90's rounded edges.
>>15325953
>>15325968
I can second this, I've dd-ed my non-turbo 5-spd mk3 for coming up to four years now in Canada. It's been pretty damn bulletproof, aside from regular maintenance things that come with age. I haven't even gone through a headgasket yet, but i'll be tackling a preventative changeover at 200,000km. I bought it at 135,000km.
/o/ really really loves hating on these cars, and no they're not fast, especially n/a's. Honda Fit Sports give them a run for their money. However, you will never find a more comfortable, sexy and reliable car that is more than 25 years old, PROVIDED previous owners have taken decent care of it and you have too.
Fun as fuck in the winter too.
TL/DR: If you find one that's been taken care of for a good price, you'll always remember it fondly.
pic related, mine when I bought it.
>>15326191
That's pretty much what I'm looking for: a $6k GT car. Was looking at the SC400, but it looks awful and is too reliable for me with that fancy 1UZ it's got.
I just wish you could get the digital dash in LHD.
>>15326243
Haha, they're sexy but I hear they're also a bit finicky. Definitely look around! The hardest part is being patient. I waited a full year to buy my supra; the original price was $6500 Canadian. I sold my prelude I had before to some fuck-off kid and made money off of it, then went into the shop selling the supra and talked the owner (who I had been in constant contact with for a good month beforehand) down to $4250. Apparently it wasn't even his, it belonged to his good friend who bought himself a Maserati as his new summer car and couldn't be bothered to keep the Supra in storage any longer.
So yeah I definitely lucked out, but it just goes to show that its a gamble between patience and perfect timing. It'll kick you in the balls more than it'll work out for you. I lost out on a delicious ruby coloured MR2 turbo right before I bought my Supra. I think I would have still been happier with this choice though!
Not certain about /o/, but I like them.
Currently have a 2JZ swapped Mk. III that I'm selling, just purchased an RZ from japanland and is currently being imported. On top of the incoming RZ and current Mk. III I also have a parts 1JZ TT-R Mk. III (that really only needs a new bellhousing, flywheel, etc. that I stole for the swap to be back in perfect order). My old man is also obsessed with them, he has a parts '93 RZ and his ludicrously modified '94 RZ.
I have an unhealthy obsession with these cars.
>>15327857
His getting a shitton of work done and mine mid-swap last Summer
>>15327862
here's said parts '93. Had the F&F decals and everything on it when purchased.
Personally I find them pretty damn reliable with general know how of vehicles, the JZ series engines are fucking glorious and make power without much effort
If OP is considering one I'd recommend it
>>15323473
Badly want a mk3 that shit looks so good
>>15323608
I would give my left nut to have a 2jz supra for 3.6k, you burgers have it sooo good its not even funny
>>15324317
The mk3 interior is goat
>>15323473
If a MK3 was offered to me at a decent price, I'd probably go for it. One of the best looking cheap imports along with the RX7 FC.
>>15328041
>manual transmission
>analogue dash
>non-maroon interior
is this the rarest optioned mk3 in existence?
>>15323534
tuned supras are godly, like that one guy from japan who made a full carbon fibre bodykit and had like 1200kg with 900hp....back in the early 2000's
>>15324389
confirmed for never having sat in one.
the plastic is meh, but the actual feel of the cockpit is amazing.
>>15328108
my supra is exactly the same tbqh, besides the fact that it's cockpit is on the left.
>>15328069
Same.
Even though I'm domestic iron, that was a sexy beast.
And a 6 banger that was doing v8 power at the time.
>>15328550
still no replacement for displacement.
but really, in the 80s and 90s, muscle was kinda flimsy.
>>15328108
nah the ones in australia and japan dont have maroon interior and most are manual
>>15323473
I drive an na mk3 with almost 168k miles, still feels great. My only complaint is that the gearbox is utter shit, will post pics later. Seriously, for under $4k you won't find a comfier car, i got mine for $3k and then replaced the water pump (it still had the original) and a coolant hose and its running great. It's not slow, either, it's just not necessarily fast. Overall, 9/10 would reccomend for a comfy car thats fun to toss around in the bends, especially with the lsd.
>>15329647
huh, should check the VIN on mine to see if it's originally an american import from the manufacturer of not.
because mine is blue with a manual.
>>15330442
now that i think about it. VIN checks probably don't tell me that.
my bad, haven't had morning coffee yet.
>>15328108
I thought maroon was just for maroon cars? Like, they color coordinated the exterior paint and interior color.
>>15323498
>>15323742
mk2 master race
>>15330523
mk3s are sexier in my opinion, much more it's own car than just a 6 cylinder Celica.
>>15331038
vehicle pr0n right here.
>>15331043
righto
>>15323482
It's not front wheel drive newfriend
>>15323534
Are you kidding? More than half of /o/ would literally suck a dick for one of those
>>15324317
Cuz that was a 90s meme
>>15323473
OP here
here's the story on how i got my MK3
got a MK3 for 6k in literally factory condition
>be me
>2011
>looking for supra
>find an old car dealership who's owner had passed away
>turns out, all the cars that this old geaser couldn't sell were stuffed in a warehouse
>get in contact with her daughter whom is selling all the cars in the warehouse
>i go down there
>there's literally 60s corvettes amung 90s celicas in there
>talk to lady whom doesn't know the difference between an inline 6 and a v6
>approach Supra
"how much for this?"
>"that toyota?"
"yeah."
>"12 thousand"
"it's a shitty 20 year old Celica from the 90s, they didn't even sell them new at that price."
>open up hood
"shitty 4 cylinder, it's been sitting for 20 years. that's gone."
>"oh."
"but i need a daily driver, how's 5 thousand?
>"eight"
>we go back and fourth and settle on six thousand.
>the old dealer even drained all the fluids out of the cars when they got to the warehouse.
>freakin best day of my life when i finally got all the fluids back in it.
>>15323473
>What's /o/s opinion on the Toyota Supra?
generally inferior to the RX-7
>>15331105
> rx7 rotary weighs 50 lbs less than a mustang v8
> half the hp
> apex seals and direct oil injection vs Toyota reliability
>>15331109
>Toyota reliability
HEAD GASKET
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>>15323473
would it even be worth the trouble to unfuck the suspension geometry?
>>15331144
>>15331144
>>15331144
does anyone have the 'fucking white people making so much damn noise' version of this pic?
>>15331144
the MK3 is actually considered a 'luxury sport' by toyota, so it has a helluva lot of body-roll, but yeah, it's wurf to unfuck it if you wanna go rallying.
>>15331144
stupid Toyota, everyone knows you're supposed to get negative camber during droop
>>15331192
that looks like Lucerne Valley
or maybe Lake LA?
>>15331153
>>15331144
Isn't that a fucking works dakar car
If someone's got a pic of a stock MKIII on a lift I'd like to see if it really sags like that on street gear.
>>15331281
here
>>15331337
hektik
the MK3s have to be white for me to find them aesthetic, otherwise they look junky.
>>15331571
incorrect
>>15331607
>black rims
now that's just cheating.
>>15331571
Red is an okay color and that's that
>>15331644
Well they are Meister S1's
I like 80s wedges but mkiii supras don't do it for me
there's a 1982 supra not far from me for 1500 dollars. Should i look more into it? there wasn't much in the ad but i did email the seller. waiting for a response.
>>15331715
check the vin man.
this is an MK2, yes?
don't forget to switch the head gasket and timing belt no matter what. then you're good to go.
>mfw I sold my mk3 when I was 19 because I was too lazy/broke to fix it
>mfw I now have the time and money to fix it
I fucking miss that car it didn't even need much done to it
i''ve got a MK3 Supra that's been sitting for two years.
the only reason it's sitting is that it had a eucalyptus tree fall on it so now the body is dented on the hood and right front fender
>>15323473
I own a '88, it's solid and especially enjoyable after driving a 5500 RAM all day.
>>15330515
Nope. My Mk3 is pearl and came with a maroon interior. I've since pulled the carpet, ordered new seats, and have someone wrapping the dash in vinyl.
>>15331857
what should i change on this as preventive things?
i know i want to change the oil
timing belt
filters
anything else i should unfuck?
>>15333053
SPs
Mk3's are sexy as fuck.
>>15331051
WHY did you need to point that out? Corey.
>>15331571
this
very good tastes m80
>>15331100
>he didnt buy a C3 vette for 6k
I love mine. It is a bit of a money pit, but I love the reactions I get when I drive it around.
>>15334348
i sincerely doubt even someone who doesn't know anything about cars would sell a stingray for 6k
>>15323473
Always been my favourite Japanese car, regularly see them around where i live.
>>15331125
Are those really only blown gaskets or heads like to crack like on BMW?
>>15335620
>you will never have a qt gf and drive them to an amusement park in your souped up mk4
why live
>>15335656
>tfw you will never have a qt3.14 gf who drives an r35
pretty sure this was his misses car
>>15323473
I've liked them since I was about 6 years old.
Would love to find one with a turbo and manual transmission that's not stupidly overpriced, riced, or absolutely destroyed.
Been looking off and on for years. The only time I've found one, I was financially fucked for the time it was up for sale.
I ain't paying 12,000 dollars for one with 130,000 miles and roughed up paint and interior though.
>>15335664
feels pretty bad
>>15323498
All you had to do to stop that was tighten or replace the studs before it blew. They were just slightly too loose from the factory.
>>15323543
You have all of my envy.
Barnfind?
>>15323742
They're grand touring cars though, not pure sports. Their meant to be a balance of comfy car you can drive every day, and sporty-er than most
>>15331125
Is everyone in this thread a computer chair mechanic?
Been owning my MK2 for around 18 years now, after I found it on the street just laying there. All stock, still runs great.
>>15335704
its true but not even a big deal really easy to fix in fact my 2jz's is fucked right now
Can anyone tell me how much a s1 RZ supra costs in Australia?
Took this pic the day I bought it, for $1000 off craigslist.
>200k miles
>surprisingly clean interior
>N/A
Only reason I bought it was because I had a built 2jz sitting on an engine stand in my garage and needed a car for it. So the idea was to thrash the living fuck out of the tired old 7mge until she xploded, and the engine swap it.
Despite 10k miles of relentless daily hooning abuse, redline shifting, dirt-road rallying, rev limiter drifting, and general neglect, the fucking thing wouldn't die. It eventually started drinking its own coolant and blowing it out the exhaust due to a semi-blown head gasket, but I would just stick a hose in the radiator and fill her up every day. Whenever the temp gauge pegged into the red zone and steam started blowing out from under the hood I'd pull over and fill it back up with a jug that I carried around the backseat.
It never fucking died. When I pulled that 7m out it was still running like a champ
>>15335958
brutal
>>15335781
if anyone is asking more than 10k then they're bullshitting you.
>tfw I'll never have a MK2/3 Supra
And it's the only car I want. ;_;
slow piece of shit...i can smoke the fuck out of this in my 1994 EG hatch with a couple of simple mods:
- 10 point cage with Parachute
- 3 piece discontinued JoJo frontend
- spec-R full drag suspension
- Fuel cell with -8 lines from tank to motor
- 1 044 bosch pump
- 1200 rc injectors
- golden eagle sleeved block
- cp 10:1 pistons
- Eagle rods
- arp headstuds
- oem h22 headgasket
- Balance shaft delete
- competition clutch twin disc
- Port and polished head
- skunk2 valve springs and retainers
- Str cam gears
- crower stage 1 cams
- aluminium radiator with slim fan
- gsr transmission with itr lsd.
- qsd h2k intake manifold adapter
- k20 rbc manifold
- qsd throttle body spacer
- blox 70mm throttle body
- 4bar omni map sensor
- 6al msd with coil and cap. 3 step launch control
- hks bov
- Garret 102mm turbocharger.
- Custom t4 front facing turbo manifold with 44mm flange
- 44mm tial wastegate
- Custom water to air intercooler set up
- aem eugo wideband w/ gauge
- tuned on chipped p28
- 13 inch volks drag rims
- 2 15 inch volks rear rims
- arp extended wheel studs
- si cluster
- 150 shots of nitrous
im making 2480 horsepower to the FRONT WHEELS because thats the only place the power should ever be.
>>15329821
Finally, heres the pic. The rims came on the car
>>15337037
What's shit about the gearbox?
>>15336761
sithlordsoup is that you?
>>15331657
this is such an A E S T H E T I C picture, i want to be that guy someday
>>15337049
made a gif but it was too big to post, will try to trim it
>>15337107
Okay it's >>15337037 and >>15329821 here, WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON WITH MY GEARBOX. This is when it's IN SECOND, it still operates just fine, but what the fuck is going on?
>>15337160
What the fuck lmao? I've never seen anything like this.
>>15337212
yeah me neither, but it drives just fine which is even weirder
What are the chances of me finding a m2/mk3 Supra on Florida Craigslist for roughly $1500? I have a reliable DD so that's not a concern, and I'm willing to learn how to wrench on it myself but as of now have 0 knowledge. Is this just a pipe dream or could I feasibly own and maintain a project Supra?
>>15338046
yeah, supras are very bulletproof, and as long as you keep a head gasket in the glove compartment, you'll never have an issue.
plus 1500 is seeable, but they're like any other car, you know, make sure the previous owner didn't rice the fuck out of it (sans putting in a better engine like a 2JZ or some shit) then you're good to go.
>>15338201
Yeah I've heard about the infamous headgasket, seems like a fairly involved repair but I'm up for a new challenge. Currently looks like there's mainly autos on CL so I gotta be patient though.
>>15338253
da' very difficult to find manuals in those models becuase >>15323640
personally i got my for free off of a dead friend whom gave it to me in his will, turns out i was the mose /o/ person he knew- shit i only switched his alternator for him. Point being i didn't have to unfuck the world to get my hands on one.
>>15338386
Hmm that could be problematic. Wouldn't the engine be the same as an auto though? I'd probably have to take it to a shop for trans probs anyways
>>15338386
>dead friend whom gave it to me in his will
;_;
I hate you guys.
I'm about to put my MK3 up for sale, manual, turbo, targa top, 33k in 1990 sticker price.
JUST COULDN"T LET ME WALK AWAY FROM IT COULD YA /o/.
>>15338409
appreciate the damn vehicle.
besides, when you sell that, you lose something special, something rare. something supra.
>>15338409
I can take it off your hands for about $3.50
why doesn't anybody show love for the MKIVs
it's mostly the MK3 ITT
are they uninteresting?
>>15339002
too round for my tastes.
>>15339002
Everyone loves the MKIV. If you don't, you're an autist.
It's just the thread is primarily a MKIII thread because of OP's pic.
>>15337160
Stretched or broken linkage?
Bent or broken fork?
why doesn't toyota manufacture more MKIVs?
>>15339002
Everyone love MKIVs. They're just too expensive for the average person on here.
>>15341226
They were far up market and didn't sell as much.
>>15340985
yeah maybe, i guess, but it still works fine
>>15341286
not worth fixing if its just asthetic.
plus you can freak people the fuck out by driving in what looks like neutral.
